Hegel, Analytic Philosophy, and Formal Logic

Last CFP exploring the real possibilities and/or limits a “Hegel turn” in 
English-speaking philosophy. More specifically, we shall explore the 
possibilities and/or limits of building on 20th century Hegel scholarship, 
which has largely recovered the historical Hegel, by developing Hegelian 
philosophy (which Hegel called the perennial philosophy in its latest form) 
beyond the point where he left it, especially by integrating the conceptual 
and linguistic tools of the analytic tradition and post-Aristotelian formal 
logic. Paul Redding (University of Sydney) and Clark Butler (Purdue 
University, Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne Campus) are the organizers of this 
conference to take place on the Fort Wayne Campus, Fort Wayne Indiana 26805 
USA, Friday-Saturday, October 17-18, 2014. 
       Exploration of a possible Hegelian turn will also be pursued by a 
related conference focus, namely, Hegel's philosophy of nature in the light 
of contemporary rather than 19th century natural and social science. 
Addition this socus results from co-sponsorship by the Indiana Philosophical 
Association (IPA) meeting concurrently at the Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne 
Campus (IPFW). Three simultaneous sessions are planned, two organized by the 
IPA alongside the one organized by the Purdue Philosophy Department on the 
Fort Wayne Campus. Currently with this CFP, the IPA is issuing its own. 
Invited speakers include Robert Brandom (Pittsburgh) Ermanno Bencivenga (UC-
Irvine), Angelica Nuzzo (CUNY Graduate Center), and Graham Priest (CUNY 
Graduate Center). The deadline for submitting abstracts for blind review is 
August 1, 2014. Notification will be given on September 1. Abstracts should  
be sufficiently developed to state the thesis with the projected line of 
reasoning.       
      Sample questions to be addressed are: “How much merit would Hegel, if 
alive today, see in contemporary formal logic?” “Can non-standard types of 
formal logic help clarify Hegel, or is the cause of making Hegel clearer 
better served by using standard current formal logic—e.g., Quine plus modal 
logic?” “Can the view of many Hegel scholars—namely, that formal logic empty 
of content is useless in making Hegel clear--be rethought by applied formal 
logic with content provided in use, or by formal logics other than the one 
understood either by Hegel or by standard symbolic logic textbooks?” “Can 
Hegel be understood better by developing the contrast between dialectical 
logic and formal logic, or can dialectical logic be assimilated to a formal 
logic capable of expressing "reason" developed out of the "understanding"? 
Submissions addressing these and related questions are welcome. An issue in 
the Hegelian Research Series published in the journal CLIO is expected to be 
devoted to the themes of the conference. Send inquiries and submissions to 
Clark Butler at [email protected]